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DÜRER, Albrecht: The Knight and the Landsknecht

🖼 The Knight and the Landsknecht, c. 1497
Woodcut
London, United Kingdom

Two armored figures face each other in tense confrontation, rendered with meticulous detail and sharp line work characteristic of Northern Renaissance printmaking. Dürer's engraving captures the cultural clash between nobility and mercenary soldiers, reflecting anxieties about social order in late medieval Germany.

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